H. David Brumble

Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies

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Produktbeschreibung

'Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies' describes the similarities between the autobiographies of warrior tribes and of street gangs. Gangbangers were so alienated from the larger society that they reinvented something very similar to tribal-warrior cultures right in the heart of American cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781783087815
• ISBN-10: 1783087811
• Artikelnr.: 51857849

Autorenporträt

H. David Brumble is a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and has won both of the university's most prestigious teaching prizes. He has written four books and numerous articles. Brumble has lived and traveled in 45 countries. He has taken students to 28 countries, mostly in the developing world.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
1. To Drink of Death: Tukup's Head-Hunter Autobiography and the Characteristics of Tribal-Warrior Autobiography
2. The Kinds of Street-Gang Autobiography
3. The Bubble Reputation: Honor, Glory and Status among the Warriors
4. Glory Manifest: Coup Tales, Warrior Boasts and Gangsta Rap
5. Brutal Honesty
6. The Education of the Warrior
7. The Warrior Choice
8. Mona Ruiz's 'Two Badges': Women Warriors and Warriors' Women
9. Sam Blowsnake and the Unfortunate Pottawatomie
10. The Gangbanger Autobiography of Monster Kody (AKA Sanyika Shakur)
11. Battle, Raid and Stratagem
12. Berserkers and the Tragedy of Warrior Individualism
Appendix A On Circumcision
Appendix B A List of the Tribal Peoples and Street Gangs Mentioned in This Book
Annotated Bibliography of Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index.